Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-19

CROSBY - MOVES. Eaitor.
The Evsains star has . regular. perma.ens
Sssa sas daily eircuiailes more than treble
thar Of any other daily paper published In
wsshinsssu, and much greater than thar
Of all the other daily papers here ADDED
sAsesbeR.
Tue management OF the public schools Is a sub
Jet Of great public concern that the action OF
the citizens committee NJ Us next meeting upon
the report OF the subcommittee on schools WIN oe
noted with interest Much time is wasted In tnat
committee In Considering, with view 10 adoption
or rejection reports In bulk with statements Oh al
ieged fact, reasoning, rhetoric, grammar ana All.
n the matterof q report outside OF s2ecfnc recon-
mendar,ous were considered As q written argu-
nent In support Of those recommendations ana
after hearing other arguments only the recon-
mendatioas were passed upon, the results would
probably be more satisfactory In the school dis
cuszfon the till TO establish a board OF education
is the specific Recommendation. one who reads
the carefully prepared report Of the suo-commit-
tee may difsr from IL In It's construction OF the
present law. or think that by an incomplete
Quotation OF q section OF the organic act IL has
Jailed 70 DO Justice 20 the legal argument on the
other side, or hesitate 70 adopt some one OF its
arguments as 20 the expediency OF the proposed
legislation but at the same time be rs nrm as the
sub-commIttee in the conclusion that Washington
should have an independent school board Of
citizens In discussing the proposed bill there may
b expected differences OF opinion upon matters OF
detail tor example the number OF members Of the
school board or the time when the law should go
into effect, but unQuestionably the committee and
the people generally favor the broad principle OF
citizens board with large and wei defined powers.
There 10 no necessity 70 show In support OF this
Nf.
citizens board in theory but not in practice, went
out OF existence; and no argument against the
proposed legislation is presented by showing the
continued prosperity Of the schools since the Com
missioners theoretically assumed control The
Washington schools attained their present high
standing through about 80 years OF growth under
citizens independent board the form OF manage
ment approved by educators in the great majority
OF cities The real change is proposed by, and the
burden Of proof Is upon, those who would per-
petuate a system which arises only from the legal
construction OF bungled and ambiguous law in
opposition 70 the meaning OF its Trainer. Since the
Appotatment OF trustees Is left with the Commis-
sioners Il Is difrieut 70 see how the personal In
terests OF those who favor q strengthening Of the
trustees at the expense OF the Commissioners can
be advanced by the adoption OF the principle OF an
Independent board. Washington Is entitled TO
somesaeh legislation as that proposed, and the
Commissioners should not place themselves In op-
position to 8 return 70 the Old system under which
the schools fiourished, and from which 1t Is as
serted without contradiction Congress did not In
fact intend that the city should depart.
Two funeral ceremonies were held yesterday in
large cities 20 the east and west OF In London
the corpse OF q victim OF the recent Trafalgar
Square not was dragged through the streets In n
hearse. covered with red pail, ana surmounGed
by big agnboard announcing where the man was
killed There was great deal OF cheering and
hooting by the enthusiasts who followed the
hearse In procession, and one attempt was made to
break through the Gordon OF police who were
guarding Trafalgar Square, but In vain.
The other demonstration occurred on the out
skirts OF Chicago, where about 1000 persoUs
gathered nj Waldheim cemetery TO see tie
bodies OF the hanged anarchists lowered into a
single grave. Capt. Black, the chief counsel for
these men at their trial, delivered the address OF
the day, in which biasphemous comparison was
MADE between the death Of Jesus Christ and
the deaths Of his four clients: and Paul
Croft Kan and Albert Curtin followed with tnfian-
matory appeals for vengeance on the 'rullng
classes" But the day passed without an act OF
vlolencs; and then the assemblage crowded into
the cars Of a monopofstic railroad company, con-
trolled by their arch-enemies the capitalists aud
contributed their dimes and quarters to swell the
wealth OF the tyrsnts against whose despotism
they spend their lives In railing
These are noteworthy signs OF the times. In
London the rabbe, although once In close quarters
with the const aoulary, ended their indecent per-
Torrance without anybocys being killed or hurt
In the suburbs Of Chicago the police made not
even a show Of force, but allowed the vaporings OF
The orators, acmestic and imported, 10 expend
themselves harmlessly In the free air. Both occa-
sfons were fresh triurnphs for law and order The
very security they enjoyed as long as no hand
was raised In violence, furnished nerves TO the
men who maze the noise. Had they not felt
the strongest faith in the very reign OF organized
Justice which they decry, they would not have
ventured 10 tempt fate in this way. Had anarch-
ism, or even an uncertain administration OF law,
prevailed In either city, the day would scarcely
have passed without bloodshed; for the patience
OF the better part OF any community is not inex-
haustible and the insults which courts aud turies
and police r-eat with quiet sunerance would NOT
have gone unrebuked II the overheated tempers OF
the populace had been given full sway for awhile
The carrier-boys OF He STAR had pretty rough
experience ON saturday evening. loaded down as
they were with their weighty burden, made extra
heavy by The mammoth edition OF that days
issue. and having 10 trudge, as they did, through
oinding sn0w-storfn and over slippery and
snow-oiocked thoroughfares Doubtless. many
subscribers were served late, and some may have
failed 70 receive the paper at ALL in consequence:
but In the main the little fellows perform their
exact ms duties well and trying as it Is 10 have 20
DO without ones favorite evening paper, due
allowance should be made for the difficulties gen.
orally attending thsir arduous task. And ae-
cortins ss they have been prompt and faithful In
serving subscribers throughout the year, 10 Is 20
be hOp-d they will be remembered when they
make then rounds on New Year morning, bearing
TIE EVENING STAB Annual for 1855 which, In at
fractions and usefulness, viii surpass any Of its
predecessorS
The fact that good many newly arrived Con-
gesHnea have undertaken 70 blow out the gas In
thetr rooms before retiring at night has been
widely commented on, but the wrong reason for
such action has uniformly been assigned II is
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